As time passed, the day of Jiraiya's departure drew near.
That day, after looking at his disciple, Jiraiya's gaze had already begun to wander. What kind of abyssal hell had he been living through these past few days? The key was that he could not even hide from it.
Now, Jiraiya was wondering whether he should leave the village immediately and get far away from this disciple of his!
Ayato, meanwhile, wore a thoroughly satisfied expression. Over the past few days, his theoretical attainment in Sealing Techniques had advanced by leaps and bounds. Although he could have continued studying, the Sealing Techniques he could actually use were far too lacking compared to his theoretical knowledge.
That was not ideal, and Ayato understood that. But Jiraiya was about to leave, so he could only focus most of his energy on theoretical knowledge. After Jiraiya left, he could slowly begin putting it into practice. His learning speed should not be bad.
However, seeing Jiraiya's somewhat unnatural expression, Ayato found it rather amusing. Of course, he knew Jiraiya had been questioned to the point of wishing he were dead these past few days.
But as he had said, who told you to leave Konoha? If you weren't leaving, I wouldn't have clung to you like this~
"Do you have any questions today?" What Jiraiya had not noticed was that there was a slight tremor in his voice. If someone who knew him well heard it, they would probably be stunned. Was this really the Jiraiya they knew?
"Don't worry, Sensei. Not for now. I've learned too much theory; it's time to put it into practice next," Ayato said with a smile. After spending these days together, he was no longer as reserved as before.
"That's good." Jiraiya let out a breath of relief,